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timhaughton,
Rules of elementary logic, as used in philosophy, are not used in politics. A major mistake that many a leftist does, is trying to sort the world out using this form of logic. While working on small groups of people (friends, a class) it is impossible to use on large groups of people because of the nature of the people. People aren't supposed to wake up and realize that they should go outside and start hugging rainbows and love each other. People are some of the most vile species known to man. Therefore, one should adopt the system to the people, not try to adopt the people to the system.
As for wars and such, if I think about politics, I always apply the so-called "elementary school law" to it. Something that you would do in a similar situation in elementary school is to be done now. It is noticeable how big countries behave themselves like school stereotypes, and it is quite easy to describe the world that way.
As for Iran: if you know that some guy would get baseball bat/ friends / dog to kick your @ss, you should kick his before he does that to you.
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